However, because oral medications must pass through the digestive system, to have the same efficacy as IV medications oral antibiotics must have high âbioavailabilityâ â the percentage of the drug that reaches the blood. Drugs administered via PICC lines have, by definition, 100 percent bioavailability.
A: Bactrim is a type of antibiotic used to treat a range of bacterial infections in the body according to WebMD. Physicians prescribe Bactrim to treat certain types of sexually transmitted diseases, urinary tract infections, respiratory illnesses, and various other infections.
Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) DS is a combination of two antibiotics, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. Bactrim is available as a generic drug under assorted names (for example, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim, co-trimoxazole).actrim is used to treat urinary tract infections, acute otitis media, bronchitis, Shigellosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia, traveler's diarrhea, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and other bacterial infections susceptible to this antibiotic.